Meade, Marion 1934-

Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this by Marion Meade ( Book )
22 editions published between 1987 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,615 libraries worldwide
Chronicles the life of author and critic Dorothy Parker, discussing her literary influences, battle with alcohol, divorces, affairs, career highs and lows, suicide attempts, and other related topics.

Eleanor of Aquitaine : a biography by Marion Meade ( Book )
22 editions published between 1976 and 2003 in English and held by 1,604 libraries worldwide
Biography of the wife of King Henry II of England and mother of Richard I, the Lionheart, and John.

Buster Keaton : cut to the chase by Marion Meade ( Book )
14 editions published between 1995 and 1999 in English and held by 974 libraries worldwide
"Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton, one of the most distinguished filmmakers in cinematic history, was a brilliant comedian whose films seem untouched by time." "Marion Meade's biography goes behind the scenes at the making of Keaton's masterpiece, The General, selected by the American Film Institute as one of the five best silent films of all time; details his experiences acting with Charlie Chaplin in the film Limelight; and reveals his role in one of Hollywood's most infamous sex scandals involving Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle." "Meade's portrait of this brilliant artist also goes beyond the legend to reveal more details about the private Keaton than any previous work: the anguish of child abuse, his lifelong struggle to conceal his lack of the most basic educational skills, the alcoholism that practically ended his career and life, the women and the marriages." "Buster Keaton is based on four years of research and more than two hundred interviews with people who knew, worked with, and loved him, including Billy Wilder, Leni Riefenstahl, Gene Kelly, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Irene Mayer Selznick, and Bill Cosby, as well as members of Keaton's family, some of whom had refused to speak to biographers and journalists until now. The book also has never-before-seen photographs, contributed by Keaton's estate. No lover of cinema should miss this startling, moving account of a great man and his troubled life."--BOOK JACKET.

The unruly life of Woody Allen : a biography by Marion Meade ( Book )
26 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 941 libraries worldwide
After forty years in the spotlight as comedian, author, director, and professional neurotic, Woody Allen is a living legend. To fans, his films have always represented a sort of ongoing autobiography. For over three decades, the creator of films such as Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Deconstructing Harry successfully maintained his privacy while sustaining his comic public persona based on that private self. Not until his scandalous relationship with Mia Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi did Allen's precarious balancing act of self and celebrity collapse in public view. Based on exclusive interviews, this biography reveals the personal side of a talented artist and troubled man.

Bobbed hair and bathtub gin : writers running wild in the Twenties by Marion Meade ( Book )
12 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in English and held by 905 libraries worldwide
"Capturing the jazz rhythms and desperate gaiety that defined the era, Meade gives us Parker, Fitzgerald, Millay, and Ferber, traces the intersections of their lives, and describes the men (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, Harold Ross, and Robert Benchley) who influenced them, loved them, and sometimes betrayed them. Here are the social and literary triumphs (Parker's Round Table witticisms appeared almost daily in the newspapers and Ferber and Millay won Pulitzer Prizes) and inevitably the penances each paid: crumbled love affairs, abortions, depression, lost beauty, nervous breakdowns, and finally, overdoses and even madness." "These literary heroines did what they wanted, said what they thought, living wholly in the moment. They kicked open the door for twentieth-century women writers and set a new model for every woman trying to juggle the serious issues of economic independence, political power, and sexual freedom."--Jacket.

Stealing heaven : the love story of Heloise and Abelard by Marion Meade ( Book )
10 editions published between 1976 and 1994 in English and held by 684 libraries worldwide

Madame Blavatsky, the woman behind the myth by Marion Meade ( Book )
6 editions published between 1980 and 2001 in English and held by 658 libraries worldwide

Lonelyhearts : the screwball world of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney by Marion Meade ( Book )
4 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 542 libraries worldwide

Free woman : the life and times of Victoria Woodhull by Marion Meade ( Book )
4 editions published between 1976 and 2000 in English and held by 391 libraries worldwide
A biography of the spiritualist, stock broker, publisher, lecturer, advocate of women's rights, and Presidential candidate who shocked nineteenth-century America with her revolutionary ideas and behavior.

Sybille by Marion Meade ( Book )
4 editions published between 1983 and 1988 in English and held by 358 libraries worldwide
The story of a noblewoman of thirteen-century France whose life is disrupted and nearly destroyed by decades of religious wars.